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FILLER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3. I906.

J. D. JAMES.

No. 837,622. I

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4:, 1996.

' Application filed Jimm 3,1905. Serial No. 294.408.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known'that I, J onn DANIEL JAMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pulaski, in the county of Pulaski, State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful .lmprovementsfiin Fillers and I do hereby declare the following to be a-full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same' This invention relates to packing and storing, and has for its object to provide means for quickly and easily performing the operation of iilling retorts or other receptacles, including means for transferring the matter to be placed in the receptacles to the latter and means for introducing it into the receptacles.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description.

In the drawings iorming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in thesevoral views, Figure 1 isan elevational view showing the present invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the trunk extended.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a plurality of retorts 5, disposed with their open ends turned in a common direc-- tion and arranged in horizontal series. A beam 6 is located above the retorts, and secured to this beam there is a horizontal cylindrical pipe 7, mounted in a frame 8,.whieh depends from the beam 6, ,and this frame includes upwardly-extending side portions 9, the upper edges of which form tracks upon which rest rollers 10, carried by the up wardly-extending side portions 11 of a chute 12. These side portions 11 he at opposite sides of the pipe 7, as will be seen, and in the pipe there is located a revoluble spiral core 1 1, which coopera tes with the pipe to form a spiral convcyer. The core carries a belt wheel 14, as shown. A hopper 15 is arranged to discharge into the pipe 7 at the iced end thereof and 1s loca't'ed in position to receive matter from an elevator 16 of the bucket type, the upper sprocket 17 of the :lcvator being jodrnaled upon the frame 8.

The chute 12 lies beneath the pipe 7, as shown, and has connected therewith a trunk 18, which includes a plurality of telescoping sections 19, which thus permit of longitudinal extension of the trunk, and the arrangement is such that the lower portion of the trunk may also be revolved with respect to the chute. The lower. end portion of the trunk is turned laterally. and is tapered to form a dischargemozzle 20. A pipe 21 enters the trunk horizontally and extends into.

the nozzle from. the trunk, and this pipe has a llexible connection 22 with a source of fluid under pressure The pipe 21 has a valve 24 for regulation of this flow of lluid therethrough, and a handle 25 is carried by the trunk.

The. trunk 18 extends downwardly over the open ends of the retorts and may be moved vertically, as shown, to position its nozzle before any desired horizontal series of the retorts, and the chute and trunk are movable longitudinally of the pipe 7, as will be understood, to position the nozzle before any one of the retort-s. k

A plurality of openings 26 are formed in. the lower portion oi the pipe 7 and are provided with closures 27, movable into and out of operative position, and these closures may be moved to permit of passage of matter from the conveyor into the chute, from which such matter will pass into the nozzle and will be blown therefrom by the blasts from the pipe 21 and into the retort, before which the nozzle is positioned.

it will be understood that the matter to be placed in the retorts is transferred to the conveycr 7 by means of the elevator 16, and it will be understood that-the present apparatus may be used in connection with receptaclcs other than retorts.

What is claimed is- 1. An apparatus of the class described comprising ahorizontal conveyor, an elevator arranged to discharge into the conveyer, a. trunk sniftable longitudinally ofthe conveyor, said conveyor being arranged at different points to -lischarge into the trunk, said trunk having a nozzle at its lower end, and a pipe in the nozzle and opening toward the open. end thereof, said pipe being arranged for the passage of fluid under pressure ther'ethrough.

2, An apparatus of the class described comprising a frame including tracks, a horizontal conveyer in the frame, said conveyor having discharge-ports therein at different points throughout. its length, closures for the discharge-ports movable into and out of operative position, a chute located beneath the conveyor, rollers connected with the chute and resting upon the tracks, said chute being movable longitudinally of the conveyer to position it beneath the differentdischargeports interchangeably, a longitudinally-ex tensible trunk connected with the chute and dependin therefrom, said trunk having its lower en turned laterally to form a nozzle and being. arranged for independent rotation of its lower portion, and a fluid-pipe in the nozzle and opening toward the open end thereof 3. An apparatus of the class described comprising a conveyer, and a trunk shiftable longitudinally of the conveyer, said convcyer being so constructed at different points as to I I I discharge into the trunk when-the trunk is in the corresponding position. I

4. An apparatus of' the class described comprising a con'veyer, a trunk shift-able-lonfiitudinally of the conveyer, said conveyer eing so constructed at different points'as to discharge into the trunk when the latter'is in the corresponding position, and means for effecting the discharge from the trunk.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses JOHN DANIEL JAMES. 'Wi tnesses L. W. FIXKS, N. H. DAGGET'T'. 

